LIFESTYLE

For foreigners living and working in the country, the traditional Lunar New Year is special because through the holiday they can see different aspects of Vietnam ranging from cuisine to behavior and characteristic national festivals.

The central coastal city of Da Nang expects to welcome over 200,000 tourists during the Lunar New Year festival, an increase of 16.5 percent compared to the same period last year.

Small tour firms are facing huge losses as travel demand for the lunar new year season has slowed.

Hoi An Town will waive ticket fees for visitors during the lunar new year.

The scenery and raw beauty of the mountainous areas in Vietnam's northwest is vividly depicted in photos.

Hanoi's Old Quarter antique shops have thrown their doors open for Tet, offering discounts on rare and unique items to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Hanoi's tree purge continues, with more old perennials facing the axe, or more correctly the chain saw, because of a new rail line linking Nhon with Hanoi Railway Station.

Air conditioners have been used at Hanoi's Nhat Tan Village in an attempt to ensure that the peach flower blossoms will bloom just before Tet.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in Hanoi has announced a list of ten ‘Outstanding Young Citizens’ in 2015 in recognition of their excellent achievements in six areas over the past year.

Photographer Le Bich evokes the Tet atmosphere with Traditional villages in Tet exhibition, one of the opening events for Lunar New Year programme at the Hanoi's Old Quarter.

HCM City will ban vehicles from entering Nguyen Hue Street from February 5-12 (December 27, 2015-January 5, 2016 Lunar Calendar) for the annual flower festival.

Tet is in full bloom on the streets of Hanoi, nowhere more so than amid the peach blossoms and ornamental trees on display at the Quang An Market.

Famous app developer Nguyen Ha Dong, creator of the globally popular mobile game Flappy Bird, has become the only Vietnamese to get in the Guiness Book of World Records 2016, according to Lao Dong newspaper.

Vietravel Company has been granted a one-year monopoly on handling air routes connecting Can Tho City to Da Lat and Nha Trang City.

The most outstanding contributors to the development of Vietnamese architecture were honoured at an awards ceremony held by the Vietnam Urban Planning and Development Association in Hanoi.

A documentary by US director Courtney Marsh on a Vietnamese victim of Agent Orange victim was nominated for an Academy Award for best short documentary.

Photographs of life and nature won international prizes and were published by foreign media in 2015.

The 13th annual KOVA Awards honoured 29 individuals and groups of people, who are outstanding scientists, students and community contributors, in Ho Chi Minh City on January 9.

The Vietnam Discovery photo contest exhibition highlighted the country’s best landscapes and cuisine to viewers.